novelden Chapter 321 If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.
Chapter 321 If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.
[Fairyland, the new site of Mutian Pavilion]
Yin Chen sat demurely at his desk and began his task for the day.
Since the Fairy Realm was unified by the Sky Pavilion, this has almost become her daily routine, with only the fourth-tier Youfuyun assisting her.
Today, You Fuyun has quit her job and gone to Bing Lixue's Ice Crystal River to take a break, leaving only her, the poor working woman, to continue to work hard.
"Sister Yin, you've been busy for so long, why don't you take a break?" Ai Zhen brought Yin Chen a cup of tea, knowing it was useless, but still tried to persuade her.
Ai Zhen didn't want Yin Chen to be "in charge" like he was now, because she felt sorry for him who was always busy handling all kinds of big and small matters and had no time to rest.
"I'm not tired, just a little irritable." When Yin Chen saw Ai Zhen arrive, he put down what he hadn't finished and took the teacup from Ai Zhen's hand.
Taking a sip of tea, Yin Chen said helplessly:
"Qing'er, you must understand, with great power comes great responsibility. Being in charge of the Fairy Realm means you're destined to do far too much."
"This can be considered as a consideration for the fairyland."
"It's all King Shi's and Water... Prince Water is neglecting his duties and making Sister Yin suffer." Ai Zhen complained angrily.
"Shh—" Yin Chen stuck out his index finger and touched Ai Zhen's lips: "Qing'er, words can be dangerous~"
"Okay, I know." Ai Zhen stopped complaining and looked at Yin Chen pitifully, "Sister Yin, please play one more song for me. My old problem has flared up again recently."
“Alright, let’s just take a break.” Yin Chen said, summoning the Fuyin Qin. His slender fingers gently plucked the strings, and he played a beautiful and soothing melody.
Ai Zhen sat beside Yin Chen, unconsciously immersing herself in the moment. Her primordial spirit, which had been on the verge of collapse due to the burden of too many negative emotions, was also comforted.
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[Mutian Pavilion, Shiyan Hall]
After spending an unknown amount of time in this place where the sun and moon were nowhere to be seen, Shui Qingli finally got a moment to catch her breath.
He was wearing loose, light blue loungewear, and he lay on the freshly cleaned bed with Yue Yuanming, who was also wearing loungewear.
The commotion these past few days has taken its toll on Shui Qingli. If Yue Yuanming hadn't seen her angry today, he certainly wouldn't have let it end there.
"Yuanming, the situation in the Immortal Realm is now basically stable. Only the eighth-ranked one is out of contact. Yin Chen has also sent a sixth-ranked one to Wei Hua Mansion." Shui Qingli reported truthfully after receiving the message from the water spirits.
"Oh~" Yue Yuanming looked at Shui Qingli with great interest: "It seems I didn't let Qingli have enough fun. She still has the energy to think about other things?"
"Stop fooling around, let's talk about something serious!" Shui Qingli said thoughtfully, "But now there's another problem, which is—the human world."
Shui Qingli has not forgotten that the main reason why the Immortal Realm was completely destroyed and the Little Heavenly Dao suffered the consequences in her previous life was the insatiable greed of humankind.
As long as humanity continues to act as it does now, failing to protect the environment and only knowing how to destroy it, paradise will still be unable to escape its ultimate tragedy.
Those apocalyptic scenes were still vivid in her mind, so after being reborn, Shui Qingli was always worried: what should become of the human world?
However, when Mandora used the Heavenly Seal to try and completely destroy human civilization, Shui Qingli discovered a helpless truth—
Most fairies have already been deeply influenced by the human world. If they were to forcibly destroy human civilization as the Mutian Pavilion did in the past, in addition to causing some fairies to disappear, they would also lose their human appearance and return to their primordial spirit state.
Moreover, it is unknown what tricks Little Heavenly Dao played in the connection between the fairy realm and the human world, and even he, one of the earliest fairies, could not avoid such consequences.
Therefore, Shui Qingli couldn't think of a way to deal with this huge problem in the human world for the time being.
Even while discussing serious matters, Yue Yuanming didn't forget to hold Shui Qingli in his arms and make a small gesture: "Qingli, perhaps we should go to the human world and take a look before making a decision."
Shui Qingli was quite surprised that Yue Yuanming, who had always been inclined to destroy human civilization, would suggest going to the human world to take a look before making any plans.
Seemingly noticing Shui Qingli's surprise, Yue Yuanming explained, "The human world's influence on the fairy realm is too severe. I cannot ignore your safety, so this matter needs to be considered carefully."
Simply destroying human civilization would only lead to the end of the fairies, so moderation is the most sustainable solution.
"Then let's go to the human world."
【to be continued…】
[TO BE CONTINUED…]